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The following VAM resources can help you in various areas of museum management and career development. They are a member benefit and here for your use. If you would like to use content from any of these resources in a presentation or article, please contact Heather Widener, VAM's communications director, for permission.

Virginia's Museum Emergency Support Teams (MEST)

VAM encourages cultural institutions to join one of these locally-based teams to plan for emergency response, coordinate local resources, establish relationships with local emergency officials, and create local response teams to assist one another in emergency situations.

MEST Resources:

VAM Emergency Response Teams (ERT)

Unlike the MESTs, the ERT is a statewide team of professionals who are volunteers willing to mobilize within hours of a call to provide triage and salvage assistance statewide. This team will be effective when an entire region has been struck by disaster, such as a hurricane, and it is important to receive assistance from outside of the area.

•assist with basic treatments of damaged objects (if requested by staff and conservators)

In addition to fulfilling the primary requirement of attending the two-day Homeland Security Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training, VAM’s ERT volunteers are required to attend a one-day museum-specific training workshop. ERT certification is contingent upon completion of these requirements. To become a part of the Emergency Response Team, contact VAM at 804.358.3170.

We have over 2,000 members, including individuals, businesses, and member organizations, ranging from historic houses to botanical gardens, aquariums, zoos, children’s museums, historical societies, art museums and galleries, battlefields, military museums, and more.